An Israeli dream might come true if Trump declares Jerusalem the capital – but so will a Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim nightmare. Amid three catastrophic Middle East wars, it would be difficult to imagine anything [ More … ]
Palestinian farmer Mahmoud Oudeh, a 48-year-old from Qusra village, is killed by settlers while tending his field, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. An unarmed Palestinian farmer was killed by Israeli settlers, reported MME citing Palestinian Health [ More … ]
The head of the Palestinian police said on Wednesday that Hamas must disarm to allow a landmark reconciliation deal signed last month with rivals Fatah to succeed. The head of the Palestinian Authority police said [ More … ]
A 10-year-old Palestinian girl was killed on Saturday after being struck by an Israeli vehicle in the Jordan Valley of the northeastern occupied West Bank, according to Israeli sources. According to Israeli police spokeswoman Luba [ More … ]
In a meeting with the left-wing Israeli Meretz party on Sunday in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly expressed his confusion regarding the US stance on Israel and [ More … ]
A Palestinian security officer in Gaza was killed and another was injured when an unidentified assailant blew himself up near the Egypt-Gaza border at dawn on Thursday. Spokesperson of the Gaza Ministry of Interior and [ More … ]
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah met with a delegation of Hamas deputies of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on Monday to discuss ways to end the decade-long political rivalry between the Hamas movement, [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Jordanian King Abdullah II in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that Abbas and Abdullah held a closed-door meeting at the [ More … ]
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Thursday announced a new political initiative to end the Palestinian division. The movement said it is ready to dissolve the administrative committee it formed in March, immediately after a [ More … ]
An Israel court upheld the manslaughter conviction and the 18-month sentence levied against former Israeli soldier Elor Azarya on Sunday for the execution-style shooting of 21-year-old Palestinian Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif in 2016. Azarya was convicted [ More … ]
Three Palestinian citizens of Israel and two police officers — also Palestinian citizens of Israel — were killed during an armed confrontation in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem early on Friday morning. According [ More … ]
A member of the Palestinian Legislative Council has been sentenced to six months administrative detention after being arrested for ties to the PFLP. Palestinian politician and rights activist Khalida Jarrar was sentenced on Wednesday to [ More … ]
The Israeli security cabinet voted on Wednesday to postpone discussions regarding plans to expand the Palestinian city of Qalqiliya in the northern occupied West Bank, weeks after Israeli officials condemned the planned construction. According to [ More … ]
A Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday evening during a raid in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. According to an Israeli army spokesperson, Israeli forces, whom Israeli media [ More … ]
As Israeli forces continued to enforce a fierce security crackdown following a deadly attack in occupied East Jerusalem last week that saw three Palestinian assailants shot dead at the scene, Israeli forces detained the mother [ More … ]
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